Poquessing Creek

Poquessing Creek is a 10.3-mile-long creek, a right tributary of the Delaware River, that forms the boundary between Philadelphia and Bensalem Township, which borders it to the northeast along the Delaware.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glen Foerd on the Delaware and Torresdale station.

Glen Foerd on the Delaware

Park

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Glen Foerd is a historic mansion and estate located in the Torresdale neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overlooking the Delaware River near the mouth of Poquessing Creek. Glen Foerd was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Torresdale station

Railway station

Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Torresdale station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Grant Avenue and James Street in the Torresdale neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line.

Riverside–Delanco Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Riverside–Delanco Bridge is a truss bridge with a central swing span that carries CR 543 across the Rancocas Creek, between Riverside and Delanco in New Jersey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Delanco and Torresdale.

Delanco

Village

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Delanco Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 4,824, an increase of 541 from the 2010 census count of 4,283, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,046 from the 3,237 counted in the 2000 census.

Torresdale

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Torresdale, also formerly known as Torrisdale, is a neighborhood in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Torresdale is located along the Delaware River between Holmesburg and Bensalem Township in neighboring Bucks County.

Morrell Park

Neighborhood

Morrell Park is a neighborhood located in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the eastern side of the Far Northeast, northwest of Byberry Creek and east of Northeast Philadelphia Airport. Morrell Park is situated 1½ miles north of Poquessing Creek.

Poquessing Creek

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Drake Kylen”, “La Riviere de Kakimon’s”, “La Riviere des Dragons”, “Poetquessingh”, “Poqueston Creek”, “Potquessin”, and “Pouquessinge”
Categories: tributary and body of water
Location: Bucks County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.05233° or 40° 3′ 8″ north

Longitude

-74.97822° or 74° 58′ 42″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

87G7322C+WP

GeoNames ID

5206910

Wikidata ID

Q7229867

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Poquessing Creek” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Poquessing Creek”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Delaire Landing and Chestnut Wood Village.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mud Island Range and Mud Island Shoal.

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